Ear-cleaning device



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ATTO RN EY XNVENTOR a Patented June 5, 1928.

SAMUEL M. KOH R, OF MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

EAR-CLEANING DEVICE.

Application filed July 15, 1927. Serial No. 206,046.

My present invention hasreference to an ear cleaning device, and myobject is the provision of an extremely simple, cheaply constructed butthoroughly efficient device for this purpose which comprises a shank ofany desired or suitable material, formed at one end with a spoon and atits other end with a cross sectionally rounded head, the latter designedto serve as a scraping element for removing wax, ,dirt or otherextraneous matter from the canal of theear, and for likewise serving asa. massaging element when gently reciproeated in the canal or passage ofthe ear. 7 y

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement andwherein:

In the drawings:

Figure 1 isa perspective view of an ear cleaning device in accordancewith this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is aside elevation thereof with parts in section.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail longitudinal sectional View taken throughthe headed end of the improvement.

As disclosed by the drawings, the im provement comprises a. crosssectionally rounded shank 1. The shank has one of its" ends flattened,widened and rounded. This rounded, as: at 4'. The second end of theshank 1 is integrally formed with a head 5.

The head is round in cross section. If desired, the outer face of thehead may be concaved, as at 6, and preferably and as disclosed by Figure4 of the drawings, the inner face of the head is concaved, as at 7. Thecorner of the head, at the concaved port-ion 7 thereof, is preferablyslightly j head serves as a piston or plunger when arranged in the canalof the ear and when the shank is gently reciprocated. The head also whenits corners 8 are brought into contact with the walls of the channelengage with and remove wax, and other extraneous matter from the saidchannel.

The improvement is of an extremely simple construction and may becheaply manu factured and marketed. If desired, the shank 1 may havepivotally secured thereon, to the opposite sidesof the widened portionof the spoon two arched members that provide a tweezer.

Having described the invention, I claim I Inan ear cleaning device, across sectionally rounded shank having one of its ends integrally formedwith a head which is round in plan and said head having its oppositefaces concaved and the outer edges of the head being cross seetionallyrounded. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SAMUEL KOHR.

